Bridie O'Donnell
![]() O'Donnell in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | Australia | 29 April 1974
Team information | |
Discipline | Road cycling |
Professional teams | |
2010 | Team Valdarno Umbria |
2011 | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi |
Major wins | |
Hour record 46.882 km (22 January 2016) |
Dr Bridie O'Donnell (born 29 April 1974) is a road cyclist from Australia. She represented her nation at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[1]
O'Donnell was a medical practitioner and surgical assistant before taking up cycling,[2] and later returned to medicine to work in health assessment.[3][4]
On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Women’s UCI Hour Record at the Adelaide Super-Drome. She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres.[5]
Work life
Dr O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998 and is the current head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government.[6][7]
Major results
- 2007
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 2008
- 4th Chrono des Nations
- 2009
- 1st Road race, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 2nd General Classification, Tour de PEI
- 2010
- 2nd Road race, Australian National Championships
- 2nd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2011
- 2nd Road race, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 2nd Time trial, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 4th Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2012
- 3rd Time trial, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 3rd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2016
- World Hour Record 46.882 km (22 January 2016)
- 2nd Time trial, Oceania Cycling Championships
Works
- Life and death : a cycling memoir, Melbourne : Slattery Media Group, 2018. ISBN 9781921778674, OCLC 1039100343[8][9]
References
- ^ "Bridie O'Donnell". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Bridie O'Donnell gearing up for a new career | Herald Sun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "What it's like to be a top-level sportswoman". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "About Epworth HealthCheck". www.epworth.org.au. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "Bridie O'Donnell breaks Women's UCI Hour Record". UCI. 22 January 2016.
- ^ D'Agostino, Emma (26 February 2018). "'Change doesn't have to be frightening' – Bendigo talks women in sport". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Colangelo, Anthony (20 October 2017). "Cyclist Bridie O'Donnell takes new role to make things better for women in sport". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ O’Halloran, Kate (1 June 2018). "Bridie O'Donnell: 'Cycling's power imbalance is extremely apparent'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Beyond the cult of self-destruction: Life and Death by Bridie O'Donnell". CyclingTips. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External links